Arsenal to increase Emirates' capacity but it still won't be as big as Spurs' new stadium

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Tottenham Hotspur’s new £850m stadium will still be the biggest in London despite Arsenal’s plans to increase the capacity of the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners are planning to increase the capacity at the Emirates by around 800 seats. The project – labelled ‘Operation Saturn’ – will see the extra numbers added to the existing club level seating at the ground. Arsenal are currently in talks with Islington Council about the project.

However, Spurs fans will be quick to point out that with the Emirates currently able to hold 59,867 people, those 800 seats will not be enough to exceed the capacity at the new Tottenham stadium.

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That ground, which is currently being built beside and on top of the remnants of the bulldozed White Hart Lane, will open in time for the 2018/19 season with a capacity of 61,559.

Lilywhites chairman Daniel Levy has half-jokingly admitted in the past that the stadium’s capacity was deliberately engineered to be slightly higher than their local rivals down the road to ensure it will be the biggest stadium in the capital.

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